Thursday, June 30, 2011

Milky

Hailey says, " Can I have Milky Shmilky coming to save you". Translation- Milk Please! No clue where it came from.

Monday, June 27, 2011

Spring Board

Went to the Karmer Club and without hesitation Hailey was the first off the spring board. She had never seen one before and i couldn't get her to stop going over and over again. Here she is taking one of Shane's phrases, "Goodbye World" while waving


Shane walking on water



Golf clinic

Kyle Wada (K Wad) and Shane did a golf clinic for 3 days. Not sure what they did with the kids but both boys loved it and golf has moved up on the list of favorite sports


Sunday, June 26, 2011

"Come and get it!"

Each night in Paso, two families paired up to prepare dinner. We ate like kings. Every meal was great: the Camp's night one steak and salmon, the Wada's and Katos's night two did a Japanese "Shabu Shabu" ("Swish Swish"....picture fondue with a light broth instead of oil), the Graves' and Abrajano's did Father's Day Brunch, and the Coogan's and Alvin's rounded it off with a Mexican Fiesta.


Aiden and Shane

Kitchen was spacious



Father's Day brunch on the Patio






Hailey showing off her strength on Riley



Saturday, June 25, 2011

Activities on the Paso Compound

Karaoke performed 2 out of the 3 nights


Underwater Bungee if you look close




Shane being thrown in


2 out of the 3 nights we had a dance party complete with disco ball and strobe light


The Alvin's dog came on the trip, Hailey loved him







The older kids trying to launch water balloons on the little guys in the pool


Bullseye

Give the kids some Pop-its and tell them the bad guys are coming



Caroline's 10th Bday--we celebrated at the house

Target practice



Wine Line Tour

We had 3 babysitters come to the house while the adults took The Wine Line tour. It picked us up at the house and drove around for 6 hours.












First tasting Tobin James- the most fun winery by far












The girls all switched outfits with each other at the last winery- something new and different





There was a porcupine at one of the wineries that would just walk around. It had just given birth that day and the baby was there too. Random

Holly Nicole and I


















Gene and Jesse








Our Group- We are standing as couples, the outfit determined who our spouse was. If that makes any sense - I wore the strapless dress








No one wanted to go back home, lots of laughter

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Wine tasting w/ Kids

The first day we arrived in Paso we were all motivated to get out and see the sights. We took 14 kids to 4 different wineries and somehow it was easy.

wine tasting









We found a swing at one of the wineries, a big hit



The girls stuck together all weekend long (there were only 4) and were the best of buds. The older 2 always wanted little sisters and they got their wish



Dover Vineyards- Jesse's favorite for the day



Demonstrating how it's done


Paso Robles- The Compound

Dancing Deer Farms in Paso Robles was so picturesque, it couldn't have been any more perfectly planned. I was a little nervous going away with 7 families and staying in the same house for 3 nights and 16 kids. All the adults were blown away with how well the kids just disappeared and showed up for meals. We all had such a good time that there is already talk about next year.

So they thought...................



View of our compound from the trails




The pool that Jesse constructed an underwater bungee for the kids




The kids getting ready for some shooting practice




Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Another Saturday Night in Westfield

Kick off summer with BBQ and swim at the Coogans..........

Just a few muscle injuries that night, nobody beat a Camp though


Kids wanted in on the action


proud moment

Monday, June 13, 2011

Hub's Bday

It's hard to tell whose Birthday it is. Hailey always seems to get close to the Bday Boy!
Happy B-lated Hub,


Saturday, June 11, 2011

Jake's Bday Terranea

We celebrated Jake's Bday at Terranea. A few families came to swim and hang out and we had the whole pool to ourselves, waterslide included. Hailey passed the swim test which consisted of swimming across the pool and was able to go down all by herself.
Happy Birthday Jake



Moms and Pops


Our private pool party and firepit, the place was empty on a Thursday at 1pm. A great way to start the first day of summer vacation, we stayed for 6 hours


Of course there were a few things for the adults. We had relay races across the pool, moms vs dads, pin the nose on the clown and arm wrestling between the moms. The kids enjoyed watching us


Monday, June 6, 2011

Makeup

I got Hailey a little makeup kit for her Bday. She loves to put on eyeshadow right before bed. We keep trying to tell her it's for the day time, not while sleeping. Here she is getting ready to go to the Bubble Balls. She likes to use the toaster as a mirror.